Norway stun Canada to win sensational bronze at Ice Hockey World Championships

[p]Sensationally knocked out ‌at the quarter-final stage last year by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/denmark/2mX8FleU/"]Denmark[/a], the Canadians came into ‌the bronze-medal game hotly tipped ⁠to ‌secure their first podium finish since 2023, ​but they fell behind 2-0 and needed two late goals ​from Robert Thomas, the second coming with eight seconds left, just to ⁠force overtime.[/p][embed guid="8d7797d9-46d2-4962-a3bb-831c7dec6af1" url="https://x.com/barstoolsports/status/2061117928544637328" social-type="twitter" /][p]The ​Norwegians, who looked out on their feet as they were hammered 6-0 in their semi-final against host ‌nation [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/switzerland/buO3jBAo/"]Switzerland[/a] on Saturday, dug deep one last time and Noah Steen got the all-important winning goal 3:32 into the overtime period to pick up [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/norway/nDtCX9uB/"]Norway[/a]'s first medal at the tournament.[/p][p]The victory prompted a congratulatory message from Norway prime minister ‌Jonas Gahr Store on social ​media, who wrote. "An incredible and historic ‌day - with a winning goal in sudden death... We celebrate, (this is) a new era for Norwegian ice hockey."[/p][p]Hosts Switzerland face [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/finland/rRWMzYQu/"]Finland[/a] ⁠in the ⁠final later on ‌Sunday.[/p]